From: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
To: lee@kernel.org, Ping Cheng <ping.cheng@wacom.com>,
Jason Gerecke <jason.gerecke@wacom.com>,
Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>,
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] HID: wacom: Redesign shared sibling data lifecycle
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 15:08:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601140845.1237227-2-lee@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260601140845.1237227-1-lee@kernel.org>
The Wacom driver coordinates state between sibling interfaces of the same
physical device using a shared structure 'wacom_shared' inside
'wacom_hdev_data'. The driver kept a volatile representative pointer
'data->dev' pointing to a sibling 'hid_device' for physical path comparisons
during sibling matching.
This pointer management is fragile. When the representative device is
disconnected, wacom_remove_shared_data() failed to clear/update
'data->dev', leading to a Use-After-Free vulnerability when subsequent
sibling probes dereference the dangling 'data->dev' pointer.
Resolve this issue by redesigning the sibling data lifecycle:
- Eliminate the volatile 'data->dev' representative pointer completely
- Redesign 'wacom_hdev_data' to store stable static copies of the required
attributes upon first allocation: 'phys' path string, 'vendor', 'product
IDs and the sibling's 'device_type'
- Use these static attributes for stable sibling matching in
wacom_are_sibling() and wacom_get_hdev_data()
This ensures sibling matching remains safe and stable even if individual
siblings are dynamically added or removed.
To secure the lifecycle against concurrent probe/disconnect races:
- Switch kref_put() to kref_put_mutex() in wacom_remove_shared_data() to
serialize refcount drops with list traversal and lookup
- Modify wacom_release_shared_data() to assume the list lock is already held
Also, do not accumulate the 'device_type' capability flag during subsequent
sibling probes. Keeping only the first probed sibling's device_type exactly
preserves the original sibling matching behavior without introducing side
effects.
Fixes: 4492efffffeb ("Input: wacom - share pen info with touch of the same ID")
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
---
v1 -> v2: Split and use RCU as per Dmitry's review
drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
index 26fce6d3198a..7cd0b0ff3128 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
@@ -759,27 +759,40 @@ static void wacom_retrieve_hid_descriptor(struct hid_device *hdev,
struct wacom_hdev_data {
struct list_head list;
struct kref kref;
- struct hid_device *dev;
+ char phys[64];
+ __u32 vendor;
+ __u32 product;
+ __u32 device_type;
struct wacom_shared shared;
};
+static bool wacom_compare_device_paths(struct hid_device *hdev_a,
+ const char *phys_b, char separator)
+{
+ int n1 = strrchr(hdev_a->phys, separator) - hdev_a->phys;
+ int n2 = strrchr(phys_b, separator) - phys_b;
+
+ if (n1 != n2 || n1 <= 0 || n2 <= 0)
+ return false;
+
+ return !strncmp(hdev_a->phys, phys_b, n1);
+}
+
static LIST_HEAD(wacom_udev_list);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(wacom_udev_list_lock);
static bool wacom_are_sibling(struct hid_device *hdev,
- struct hid_device *sibling)
+ struct wacom_hdev_data *data)
{
struct wacom *wacom = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
struct wacom_features *features = &wacom->wacom_wac.features;
- struct wacom *sibling_wacom = hid_get_drvdata(sibling);
- struct wacom_features *sibling_features = &sibling_wacom->wacom_wac.features;
__u32 oVid = features->oVid ? features->oVid : hdev->vendor;
__u32 oPid = features->oPid ? features->oPid : hdev->product;
/* The defined oVid/oPid must match that of the sibling */
- if (features->oVid != HID_ANY_ID && sibling->vendor != oVid)
+ if (features->oVid != HID_ANY_ID && data->vendor != oVid)
return false;
- if (features->oPid != HID_ANY_ID && sibling->product != oPid)
+ if (features->oPid != HID_ANY_ID && data->product != oPid)
return false;
/*
@@ -787,11 +800,11 @@ static bool wacom_are_sibling(struct hid_device *hdev,
* device path, while those with different VID/PID must share
* the same physical parent device path.
*/
- if (hdev->vendor == sibling->vendor && hdev->product == sibling->product) {
- if (!hid_compare_device_paths(hdev, sibling, '/'))
+ if (hdev->vendor == data->vendor && hdev->product == data->product) {
+ if (!wacom_compare_device_paths(hdev, data->phys, '/'))
return false;
} else {
- if (!hid_compare_device_paths(hdev, sibling, '.'))
+ if (!wacom_compare_device_paths(hdev, data->phys, '.'))
return false;
}
@@ -804,7 +817,7 @@ static bool wacom_are_sibling(struct hid_device *hdev,
* devices.
*/
if ((features->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_DIRECT) &&
- !(sibling_features->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_DIRECT))
+ !(data->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_DIRECT))
return false;
/*
@@ -812,17 +825,17 @@ static bool wacom_are_sibling(struct hid_device *hdev,
* devices.
*/
if (!(features->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_DIRECT) &&
- (sibling_features->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_DIRECT))
+ (data->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_DIRECT))
return false;
/* Pen devices may only be siblings of touch devices */
if ((features->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_PEN) &&
- !(sibling_features->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_TOUCH))
+ !(data->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_TOUCH))
return false;
/* Touch devices may only be siblings of pen devices */
if ((features->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_TOUCH) &&
- !(sibling_features->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_PEN))
+ !(data->device_type & WACOM_DEVICETYPE_PEN))
return false;
/*
@@ -838,7 +851,7 @@ static struct wacom_hdev_data *wacom_get_hdev_data(struct hid_device *hdev)
/* Try to find an already-probed interface from the same device */
list_for_each_entry(data, &wacom_udev_list, list) {
- if (hid_compare_device_paths(hdev, data->dev, '/')) {
+ if (wacom_compare_device_paths(hdev, data->phys, '/')) {
kref_get(&data->kref);
return data;
}
@@ -846,7 +859,7 @@ static struct wacom_hdev_data *wacom_get_hdev_data(struct hid_device *hdev)
/* Fallback to finding devices that appear to be "siblings" */
list_for_each_entry(data, &wacom_udev_list, list) {
- if (wacom_are_sibling(hdev, data->dev)) {
+ if (wacom_are_sibling(hdev, data)) {
kref_get(&data->kref);
return data;
}
@@ -860,35 +873,34 @@ static void wacom_release_shared_data(struct kref *kref)
struct wacom_hdev_data *data =
container_of(kref, struct wacom_hdev_data, kref);
- mutex_lock(&wacom_udev_list_lock);
list_del(&data->list);
- mutex_unlock(&wacom_udev_list_lock);
-
kfree(data);
}
static void wacom_remove_shared_data(void *res)
{
- struct wacom *wacom = res;
+ struct wacom *res_wacom = res;
struct wacom_hdev_data *data;
- struct wacom_wac *wacom_wac = &wacom->wacom_wac;
+ struct wacom_wac *wacom_wac = &res_wacom->wacom_wac;
if (wacom_wac->shared) {
data = container_of(wacom_wac->shared, struct wacom_hdev_data,
shared);
mutex_lock(&wacom_udev_list_lock);
- if (wacom_wac->shared->touch == wacom->hdev) {
+ if (wacom_wac->shared->touch == res_wacom->hdev) {
wacom_wac->shared->touch = NULL;
rcu_assign_pointer(wacom_wac->shared->touch_input, NULL);
- } else if (wacom_wac->shared->pen == wacom->hdev) {
+ } else if (wacom_wac->shared->pen == res_wacom->hdev) {
wacom_wac->shared->pen = NULL;
}
mutex_unlock(&wacom_udev_list_lock);
synchronize_rcu();
- kref_put(&data->kref, wacom_release_shared_data);
+ if (kref_put_mutex(&data->kref, wacom_release_shared_data, &wacom_udev_list_lock))
+ mutex_unlock(&wacom_udev_list_lock);
+
wacom_wac->shared = NULL;
}
}
@@ -911,7 +923,10 @@ static int wacom_add_shared_data(struct hid_device *hdev)
}
kref_init(&data->kref);
- data->dev = hdev;
+ strncpy(data->phys, hdev->phys, sizeof(data->phys) - 1);
+ data->vendor = hdev->vendor;
+ data->product = hdev->product;
+ data->device_type = wacom_wac->features.device_type;
list_add_tail(&data->list, &wacom_udev_list);
}
--
2.54.0.823.g6e5bcc1fc9-goog
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